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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

…licable In the wording resulting from L. 330-1 with the exception of 1° of I and L. 330-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4Order no. 2017-1252 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the categorisation of eligible customers and counterparties

Article D533-4

…including clients referred to in the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of II of Annex 2 to Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014, other than those referred to in Article D. 533-11.II. - An investment ser…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-3

…of the declaration.The time limit is extended to one year for declarations submitted under articles 21-2,21-13-1 et 21-13-2. In the event that an opposition procedure is initiated by the Government pu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

…s have a period of thirty months to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19 May 2021;2° the date of notification of the decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-62

…ecessary, the deliberation may be organised in accordance with the procedures set out in Decree no. 2014-1627 of 26 December 2014 on the procedures for organising remote deliberations of collegiate ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article R225-51

…uirements for an advanced electronic signature provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3

…and development; b) In the priority neighbourhoods for urban policy defined inarticle 5 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion; c) In the rural revital…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16

…contractually linked to a sports betting operator holding the authorisation provided for inArticle 21 of Law 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article D32-2

…fication provided for in Article 100-8 shall be made using the form set out in Annex C to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-4

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with…

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